Hearings for Education Committee

The order of the bills listed may not be the order in which they are heard that day in committee.

Education
Date: Tuesday March 19, 2024
Location: Room 1525
Time: 12:30 PM
Document
Introducer
Description
Document: Appointment
Introducer:
Description: Griffin, LeDonna - Coordinating Commission for Postsecondary Education
Document: Appointment
Introducer:
Description: Hovanetz, Christy - Technical Advisory Committee for Statewide Assessment
Document: Appointment
Introducer:
Description: Daniels, Timothy - Coordinating Commission for Postsecondary Education
Document: Appointment
Introducer:
Description: Headrick, Dennis - Coordinating Commission for Postsecondary Education
Document: Appointment
Introducer:
Description: Anderson, Dorothy C. - Nebraska Educational Telecommunications Commission
Document: Appointment
Introducer:
Description: Probyn, Dwayne B. - Board of Educational Lands and Funds
Education
Date: Thursday March 14, 2024
Location: Room 1525
Time: 1:00 PM
Document
Introducer
Description
Document: Appointment
Introducer:
Description: Nelson, Dannika L. - Coordinating Commission for Postsecondary Education
Document: Appointment
Introducer:
Description: Frison, Deborah - Coordinating Commission for Postsecondary Education
Document: Appointment
Introducer:
Description: Abegglen, Jon W. - Board of Educational Lands and Funds
Education
Date: Tuesday February 27, 2024
Location: Room 1525
Time: 1:30 PM
Document
Introducer
Description
Document: Appointment
Introducer:
Description: Nellhaus, Jeffrey - Technical Advisory Committee for Statewide Assessment
Document: Appointment
Introducer:
Description: Wittstruck, Courtney C. - Nebraska Educational Telecommunications Commission
Document: Appointment
Introducer:
Description: Poole, Linda - Technical Advisory Committee for Statewide Assessment
Document: Appointment
Introducer:
Description: Kircher, Patricia M. - Nebraska Educational Telecommunications Commission
Document: LB957
Introducer: Dungan
Description: Provide for early childhood aid under the Tax Equity and Educational Opportunities Support Act
Document: LB1150
Introducer: Brandt
Description: Change the Tax Equity and Educational Opportunities Support Act
Document: LB1065
Introducer: Lippincott
Description: Authorize a school district to hire a chaplain to perform the duties of a school counselor without a certificate issued by the Commissioner of Education
Document: LB1006
Introducer: Walz
Description: Change provisions relating to allocated income tax funds under the Tax Equity and Educational Opportunities Support Act
Document: LB1011
Introducer: Walz
Description: Change provisions relating to early childhood education under the Tax Equity and Educational Opportunities Support Act
Document: LB1013
Introducer: Walz
Description: Create the Family Engagement Grant Program for certain schools
Education
Date: Tuesday February 20, 2024
Location: Room 1525
Time: 1:30 PM
Document
Introducer
Description
Document: LB1371
Introducer: Vargas
Description: Adopt the Media Literacy Act and provide and change graduation requirements and academic content standards
Document: LB962
Introducer: Wayne
Description: Prohibit the use of certain projection maps in public schools and require each school board to adopt a policy relating to projection maps
Document: LB1231
Introducer: Wayne
Description: Adopt the Nebraska Education Formula and terminate the Tax Equity and Educational Opportunities Support Act
Document: LB1291
Introducer: Conrad
Description: Require the State Department of Education to administer electronic benefit transfer funds for eligible youth in the summer as prescribed
Document: LB862
Introducer: Linehan
Description: Change provisions relating to the transportation of students and require school districts to submit a report regarding certain student transportation
Document: LB987
Introducer: Linehan
Description: Change provisions relating to applicability of and assessment instruments under the Quality Education Accountability Act
Document: LB1271
Introducer: Murman
Description: Change provisions relating to the definition of graduate degree programs
Document: LB1272
Introducer: Murman
Description: Update terminology relating to individualized education programs for high school students
Document: LB1348
Introducer: Murman
Description: Change provisions relating to comparison groups for purposes of calculating basic funding under the Tax Equity and Educational Opportunities Support Act
Education
Date: Tuesday February 13, 2024
Location: Room 1525
Time: 1:30 PM
Document
Introducer
Description
Document: LB953
Introducer: Kauth
Description: Provide tuition waivers for student teachers as prescribed
Document: LB1322
Introducer: Vargas
Description: Require that school counselors spend a certain percentage of such counselor's time during normal school hours in the direct counseling of students as prescribed
Document: LB841
Introducer: McKinney
Description: Adopt the School Leadership Engagement Act
Document: LB1064
Introducer: Lippincott
Description: Prohibit tenure at certain postsecondary educational institutions and require a written policy regarding terms and conditions of employment
Document: LB1330
Introducer: Murman
Description: Prohibit public educational institutions from taking certain actions relating to diversity, equity, and inclusion
Document: LB1055
Introducer: Walz
Description: Require development of a reading instruction system and programming for adults and children, create a steering committee, and provide for a literacy coordinator
Document: LB1252
Introducer: Linehan
Description: Provide for a professional learning system and regional coaches for teaching students to read
Document: LB1254
Introducer: Linehan
Description: Provide for a professional learning system and regional coaches for teaching students to read
Document: LB1338
Introducer: Walz
Description: Adopt the Good Life Promise Act
Document: LB1347
Introducer: Walz
Description: Adopt the Community Schools Act
Education
Date: Monday February 12, 2024
Location: Room 1525
Time: 1:30 PM
Document
Introducer
Description
Document: LB1388
Introducer: Bostar
Description: Adopt the Excellence in Education Scholarship Act and the Community College Promise Act and provide for transfers from the Cash Reserve Fund
Document: LB821
Introducer: Blood
Description: Change provisions relating to the preliminary or advanced enrollment of certain students
Document: LB1034
Introducer: Lippincott
Description: Prohibit a school district from punishing an employee or prohibiting an employee from engaging in religious expression when an employee is on duty at school
Document: LB964
Introducer: Dungan
Description: Adopt the Special Education Teacher Forgivable Loan Program Act and provide for scholarships under the Nebraska Career Scholarship Act
Document: LB1121
Introducer: Dungan
Description: Authorize additional grants under the Nebraska Teacher Recruitment and Retention Act
Document: LB1053
Introducer: Walz
Description: Authorize an extended-career retention grant under the Nebraska Teacher Recruitment and Retention Act
Document: LB1273
Introducer: Murman
Description: Provide for admission of and participation in extracurricular activities by certain students that are not residents of the school district as prescribed
Document: LB1398
Introducer: Murman
Description: Change provisions relating to reimbursement for special education programs and support services relating to option students
Document: LB1253
Introducer: Linehan
Description: Create the Dyslexia Research Grant Program
Document: LB986
Introducer: Linehan
Description: Terminate loan repayment assistance and provide grants to teachers under the Teach in Nebraska Today Act
Document: LB1050
Introducer: Conrad
Description: Require school districts to provide menstrual products to students
Education
Date: Tuesday February 06, 2024
Location: Room 1525
Time: 1:30 PM
Document
Introducer
Description
Document: LB1339
Introducer: Brewer
Description: Change provisions relating to possession of firearms in schools and authorize schools to provide emergency response mapping data to public safety agencies
Document: LB1391
Introducer: Ballard
Description: Require certain high schools to have automated external defibrillators and an athletics emergency action plan as prescribed
Document: LB1141
Introducer: McKinney
Description: Change provisions of the Student Discipline Act
Document: LB899
Introducer: Hughes
Description: Exempt Class III school districts from the prohibition on suspending a student in pre-kindergarten through second grade
Document: LB1146
Introducer: Murman
Description: Provide an additional exception to the prohibition on suspending a student in pre-kindergarten through second grade
Document: LB1029
Introducer: Conrad
Description: Change provisions relating to compulsory school attendance regarding illness
Document: LB1012
Introducer: Walz
Description: Change provisions relating to certain tax levy and bonding authority of school districts
Document: LR278CA
Introducer: Murman
Description: Constitutional amendment to change the membership of the State Board of Education
Document: LB1284
Introducer: Walz
Description: Provide for a statewide computer science education expansion program
Document: LB1056
Introducer: Walz
Description: Create the School Construction Assistance Task Force
Document: LB1337
Introducer: Walz
Description: Adopt the School Construction Financing Act
Education
Date: Monday February 05, 2024
Location: Room 1525
Time: 1:30 PM
Document
Introducer
Description
Document: LB997
Introducer: Ibach
Description: Require the State Department of Education to establish criteria for salary supplements for child care and early education providers
Document: LB939
Introducer: Erdman
Description: Adopt the My Student, My Choice Act
Document: LB1066
Introducer: Lippincott
Description: Authorize a school board to adopt a policy for participation in an elective course in religious instruction conducted off school district property by a sponsoring entity
Document: LB1201
Introducer: Hardin
Description: Change provisions relating to the Early Childhood Education Grant Program and redefine terms under the Tax Equity and Educational Opportunities Support Act
Document: LB1385
Introducer: Kauth
Description: Change provisions relating to the issuance of and eligibility for certificates and permits issued by the State Department of Education
Document: LB1238
Introducer: Walz
Description: Adopt the Special Educators of Tomorrow Act
Document: LB1270
Introducer: Murman
Description: Change provisions relating to the Door to College Scholarship Act
Document: LB1399
Introducer: Murman
Description: Change provisions relating to the involvement of parents, guardians, and educational decisionmakers in the education of their children
Document: LB1193
Introducer: Conrad
Description: Provide a process for a parent or guardian to request that such person's child repeat a grade under certain circumstances
Document: LB1083
Introducer: Conrad
Description: Change provisions relating to the Nebraska Career Scholarship Act
Education
Date: Tuesday January 30, 2024
Location: Room 1525
Time: 1:30 PM
Document
Introducer
Description
Document: LB878
Introducer: Holdcroft
Description: Change provisions regarding certain bond and related elections
Document: LB1259
Introducer: Meyer
Description: Provide for grants and bonuses for teachers as prescribed and require the State Department of Education to develop and administer a Classroom Improvement Program
Document: LB1263
Introducer: Wishart
Description: Provide scholarships to students enrolled in trade programs
Document: LB1386
Introducer: Hansen
Description: Establish an educational savings account for each student enrolled in an approved or accredited private, denominational, or parochial school for qualified educational expenses as prescribed
Document: LB1306
Introducer:
Description: Eliminate the Professional Practices Commission and provide, change, and eliminate provisions relating to standards for and conduct of teachers and administrators
Document: LB1081
Introducer: Conrad
Description: Require school districts to comply with student-teacher ratios in certain classrooms
Document: LB1230
Introducer: Wayne
Description: Change provisions relating to the applicability of the enrollment option program for any student who enrolls in another school district within the same city as the school district in which such student resides
Document: LB1329
Introducer: Murman
Description: Change provisions relating to handguns and firearms in school environments, classification of school districts, excessive absenteeism, the enrollment option program, certain educational certificates, permits, and endorsements, certain tax levy and bonding authority of school districts, and the Nebraska Career Scholarship Act, provide for grants relating to school mapping data, and prohibit certain debt collection activities and the use of certain maps for schools
Document: LB1328
Introducer: Murman
Description: Change provisions relating to the classification of school districts
Document: LB1331
Introducer: Murman
Description: Change provisions related to truancy and attendance and various programs administered by the State Department of Education
Document: LB1005
Introducer: Walz
Description: Change provisions relating to the Attracting Excellence in Teaching Program and the Excellence in Teaching Cash Fund under the Excellence in Teaching Act
Document: LB1160
Introducer: Walz
Description: Change provisions relating to the Attracting Excellence to Teaching Program and the Excellence in Teaching Cash Fund
Document: LB1377
Introducer: Walz
Description: Change requirements relating to training for certain school employees
Education
Date: Tuesday January 23, 2024
Location: Room 1525
Time: 1:30 PM
Document
Introducer
Description
Document: LB1101
Introducer: Hardin
Description: Provide requirements for the Public Health Early Admission Student Track Program and the Rural Health Opportunities Program and provide for tuition waivers
Document: LB1063
Introducer: Halloran
Description: Require approval by the voters of the school district prior to expenditure of special building funds as prescribed
Document: LB1091
Introducer: Murman
Description: Provide requirements and restrictions for school boards relating to professional employees’ organizations
Document: LB860
Introducer: Linehan
Description: Change a reporting requirement relating to the Early Childhood Education Grant Program
Document: LB985
Introducer: Linehan
Description: Change provisions relating to grant eligibility under the Nebraska Teacher Recruitment and Retention Act
Document: LB855
Introducer: Conrad
Description: Prohibit school districts from taking certain actions relating to outstanding debts on a school lunch or breakfast account
Education
Date: Monday January 22, 2024
Location: Room 1525
Time: 1:30 PM
Document
Introducer
Description
Document: LB915
Introducer: Brewer
Description: Provide financing authority to the Board of Trustees of the Nebraska State Colleges related to student housing or student activity facilities
Document: LB835
Introducer: Blood
Description: Adopt the School Psychologist Interstate Licensure Compact
Document: LB1027
Introducer: Clements
Description: Change provisions relating to schools which elect not to meet accreditation and approval requirements
Document: LB1010
Introducer: Walz
Description: Provide transfers to the Education Future Fund for reimbursements for special education
Document: LB1014
Introducer: Walz
Description: Change requirements relating to school psychologists
Document: LB1052
Introducer: Walz
Description: Allow a teacher employed at an approved or accredited public, private, denominational, or parochial school to receive reimbursement for school supplies